No 10 'appalled' by reports of deliberate Israeli UN attacks
No 10 'appalled' by Israel attacks on UN bases
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The UK government has said it is ?appalled? by reports that Israel deliberately fired on United Nations bases in southern Lebanon. On Thursday, two UN peacekeepers from Indonesia were wounded falling from an observation tower in Naqoura after an Israeli tank fired towards it. Two other peacekeepers were injured in a separate explosion which the Israeli military (IDF) has said it is investigating. Last week, the Israeli military asked the UN to prepare to pull back from the border - something Unifil (the United Nations Interim Force) has refused to do.
IDF Spokesman Lt Col Nadav Shoshani said the military was in an "ongoing conflict with Hezbollah whose terrorists and infrastructure are in close proximity to Unifil positions posing a significant risk to the safety of peacekeepers". "The IDF takes every precaution to minimize harm to civilians and peacekeepers alike," he added.